Chap 13 – Flashcard Test Answers
Flashcard maker : Sienna Rogers
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External ear (auricle) (pinna)
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External structure located on both sides of the head
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External auditory canal
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Short tube that ends at the tympanic membrane
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Tympanic membrane (ear drum)
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Semi-transparent membrane that seperates the external auditory canal and the ear cavity
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Eustchian tube
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Connects middle ear and the pharynx
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Ossicles
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Bones of the middle ear that carry sound vibrations.
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Bones of the ear
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Malleus (hammer)Incus (anvil)Stapes (stirrup)
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Labyrinth (inner ear)
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Bony spaces within the temporal bone of the skull. Contains cochlea, semicircular canals and vestibule.
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Cochlea
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Snail-shaped, contains the organ of hearing
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Semicircular canals and vestibule
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Contains receptors and endolymph that help the body maintain its sense of balance (equalibium)
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Mastoid bone and cells
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Located in the skull bone behind external auditory canal
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Audi/o
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Hearing
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Aur/i,aur/o,ot/o
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Ear
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Cochle/o
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Cochlea
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Labyrinth/o
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Labyrinth (inner ear)
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Mastoid/o
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Mastoid bone
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Myring/o, tympan/o
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tympanic membrane
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Staped/o
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Stapes (middle ear bone)
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Vestibul/o
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Vestibule
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The dominant is an example of an active chord, which can cause tension in music until resolved
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True
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Tinnitus
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Ringing in the ears
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Audiogram
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Record of hearing
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Otoscope
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Instrument used for visual examination of ear
